Under questioning by Supervisory State’s Attorney Cornelius P. Kelly, Petrucelli said he spoke with Granata at the scene, en route to police headquarters and at the station. He asked Granata “baseline questions” to make sure he was “with it,” and found him to be so, “for the most part.”

Defense attorney Hugh F. Keefe pointed out that during their conversations, Granata made many allegations: his parents raped him, they were involved with organized crime, they gave his brother hush money.